The Camel Driver Monument - Quartzite, AZ - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The tomb is a pyramid tomb made out of concrete, basalt, petrified wood and quartz, with a copper camel on top. The Arizona Department of Transportation erected the monument in 1935 and buried the ashes of the last government camel with him. A wooden placard near the pyramid traces Jolly's life and concludes with the observation that although the camel experiment failed, "a fair trial might have resulted in complete success."

The plaque reads:
"The Last Camp
of
HI JOLLY
Born Somewhere in Syria
About 1828
Died at Quartzsite
December 16 1902

Came to This Country
February 10 1856

Cameldriver - Packer
Scout - Over Thirty
Years a Faithful Aid
To the U.S. Government

Arizona
Highway Department
1935"

Other links about the history of Hi Jolly:
Out West Newspaper (visit link)
AZ Central article (visit link)
Roadside America (visit link)
Desert USA (visit link)

TITLE: The Camel Driver Monument ARTIST(S): Unknown, sculptor DATE: Not listed MEDIUM: Not listed CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 75000207 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Quartzsite Cemetery, W Main Street I-10 exit 17, about a half-mile east on Business 10/W. Main St. Turn north at the Hi Jolly Tomb sign and drive through the flea market to get to the town cemetery and the monument. DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: Note full inscription of plaque Artist = presumably the Arizona Highway Department Date = 1935 Medium = concrete, rock (appears to be basalt, petrified wood, quartz), copper

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